Page 288 - Compact Numerical Methods For Computers
P. 288

Index                              275
                      Loss of information in least-squares   Matrix iteration methods for function
                        computations, 23, 67                   minimisation, 187
                      Lottery,                               Matrix product count, 250
                        optimal operation of, 144, 228       Matrix transpose, 22
                      LU decomposition, 74                   Maxima, 143
                                                             Maximal and minimal eigensolutions, 243
                                                             McKeown, J. J., 207
                      Machine arithmetic, 6                  Mead, R., 168, 170
                      Machine precision, 6, 46, 70, 105, 219  Mean of two numbers, 8
                      Magnetic roots, 232                   Measure of work in function minimisation, 227
                      Magnetic zeros, 147                    Method of substitution, 93
                      Malcolm, M. A., 6                      Minima of functions, 142
                      Mantissa, 6                           Minimum-length least-squares solution, 22, 25
                      Market equilibrium,                   Model,
                        nonlinear equations, 231              linear, 23
                      Marquardt, D. W., 211, 212              nonlinear, 207
                      Marquardt algorithm, 209, 223, 228, 232, 233  of regional hog supply, 204
                      Mass-spectrograph calibration, 20     Modular programming, 12
                      Mathematical programming, 3, 13       Moler, C., 250, 253
                      Mathematical software, 11             Moler matrix, 127, 250, 253
                      Matrix, 19                              Choleski decomposition of, 91
                        coefficient, 20.23                  Moments of inertia, 125
                        complex, 110                        Moore-Penrose inverse, 26, 44
                        cross-products, 66                  Mostow, G. D., 74
                        dense, 20, 23                       Multiplicity of eigenvalues, 120
                        diagonal, 26, 3 1                   Murray. W., 221, 225, 228
                        elementary, 73
                        Frank, 100                          NAG, 10, 215
                        generalised inverse of, 24          Nash, J. C., 33, 56, 63, 70, 110, 134, 137, 196, 211,
                        Hermitian, 110                          215, 226, 235
                        inverse, 24, 95                     Nash, S. G., 82, 148, 235
                        Moler, 100                          Negative definite matrix, 238
                        non-negative definite, 22, 86       Nelder, J. A., 168, 170
                        non-symmetric, 110                  NelderMead search, 168, 197, 223, 228, 230, 233
                        null, 52                              modifications, 172
                        orthogonal, 26, 31, 50              Neptune (planet), 131
                        positive definite, 22               Newing, R. A., 138, 141
                        rank of, 20                         Newton-Raphson iteration, 210
                        real symmetric, 31, 119             Newton’s method, 161, 188, 210
                        rectangular, 24, 44                   for more than one parameter, 187
                       semidefinite, 22                     Non-diagonal character,
                       singular, 20                           measure of, 126
                        sparse, 20, 21, 23                  Nonlinear equations, 142, 143, 144, 186, 231
                        special, 83                         Nonlinear least-squares, 142, 144, 207, 231
                       symmetric, 23, 28                    Nonlinear model of demand equations, 223
                       symmetric positive definite, 83, 84, 93  Non-negative definite matrix, 22
                       triangular, 26, 50, 52, 72, 74       Non-singular matrix, 20
                        unit, 29, 32                        Norm, 17, 21, 66, 243
                       unitary, 27                            Euclidean, 22
                      Matrix decomposition,                   of vector, 104
                       triangular, 74                       Normal equations, 22, 25, 41, 50, 55, 66, 92, 239
                      Matrix eigenvalue problem, 28, 135      as consistent set, 88
                       generalised, 104, 148                Normalisation, 28, 52
                      Matrix eigenvalues for polynomial roots, 148  of eigenvectors, 108, 119
                      Matrix form of linear equations, 19     of vector to prevent overflow, 104
                      Matrix inverse for linear equations, 24  to prevent overflow, 103
   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291